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Home at Last...For The Holidays: Jade

Home at Last...For The Holidays: Jade

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AND DAD.
PI COULDN'T WAIT TO GET MY ARMS
PAROUND HER AGAIN.
PTAKE A LOOK.
PIT'S BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE WE
PFIRST WRAPPED OUR ARMS AROUND J.
>> I WANT TO HUG YOU.
PIT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
PHOW GOOD -- HOW ARE YOU?
PYOU LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE GROWN?
PHAVE YOU GROWN?
P[LAUGHTER]
PJEAN: AND SO MUCH HAS CHANGED.
PSHE'S NOW A TEENAGER, OR TEEN
PYEARS OLD, SPENDING TIME WITH
PHER NEW DOGS, AND HER NEW
PFOREVER FAMILY.
PJADE GOT JUST WHAT SHE WISHED
PFOR.
PSHE HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
PJEAN: IS IT EVERYTHING YOU
PDREAMED ABOUT?
>> HONESTLY, YES, AND A LITTLE
PBIT MORE.
PJEAN: SHE INTRODUCES US TO HER
PSUPERMOM, MICHELLE.
PTHAT'S HER, FLYING DOWN THE PATH
PAT THE NEW ENGLAND SLED DOG CLUB
PRACES, AND HER DAD, BILL.
>> THIS IS THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE.
PJEAN THEY TRULY ARE A TEAM.
PJ IS LEARNING A WHOLE NEW SPORT
PAND A NEW WAY OF LIFE, AS A
PFAMILY.
>> 5-4-3-2-1.
PJEAN CAN YOU BELIEVE HOW MUCH
PYOUR LIFE HAS CHANGED?
P>> YES, IT'S CRAZY.
PIT TOOK ME A WHILE TO GET USED
PTO IT.
PJEAN HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW?
P>> I LOVE IT.
P[LAUGHTER]
PJEAN: WE KNEW IN OUR HEARTS JADE
PWOULD FIND THE PERFECT FIT, WHEN
PWE SPENT THE DAY WITH HER ON THE
PCHILL FARM IN HOPKITON IN THE
PFALL OF 2014 >> THEY ARE SO
PCUTE, LOOK AT THEIR FACES.
PJEAN: SHE WAS DRAWN TO ALL THE
PANIMALS.
P>> ANYTHING TO DO WITH ANIMALS,
PI AM THERE.
PIF YOU DO SOMETHING THEY DON'T
PLIKE, THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING TO
PABANDON YOU AND CALL IT QUITS,
PTHEY WILL COME BACK.
PTHEY ALWAYS DO.
PJEAN: JADE SHARED HOW SHE HAD
PFIT -- SPENT HALF HER LIFE IN
PFOSTER CARE, NEVER GIVING UP
PTHAT ONE DAY SHE WOULD FIN HER
PFOREVER FAMILY.
PTHEY WERE WATCHING.
PQUICK SHE JUST WAS THIS
PAMAZINGLY BRILLIANT SPIRIT, AND
PHER WANTING TO HAVE FAMILY AND
PBE INVOLVED WITH ANIMALS IN SOME
WAY, I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
PAN AMAZING FIT FOR HER.
>> SHE SAID THAT ANIMALS TRUST
PYOU AND LET YOU UNCONDITIONALLY.
PTHAT'S WHAT SHE LIKED ABOUT THE
PANIMALS.
PIT'S ONE OF THE THINGS MY WIFE
PAND I TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE FIRST
PSAW HER PROFILE.
P>> IT'S AN AMAZING FEELING.
PIT'S CRAZY JU SEEING AND
PKNOWING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
PSOMEONE YOU CAN FEEL SO SIMILAR.
PJEAN: NOW JADE HAS THE MOM AND
PDAD SHE HOPED TO FIND.
ALONG WITH ALL THE DOGS SHE
PCOULD LOVE.
PAND WHEN SHE TAKES ON A NEW
PCHALLENGE, LIKE SLED DOG RACING,
PHER TEAM IS THERE TO CHEER HER
PON AN WELCOME JADE HOME.
>> COME ON, GIRLS.
P>> WE HAVE A VERY INVOLVED
PFAMILY, AND WE HAVE OUR SLED DOG
PFAMILY AS WELL THAT IS HUGELY SO
PORDERED.
BUT IT'S PRETTY AMAZING.
PI'VE KNOWN JADE ONLY A YEAR AND
PA HALF, AND I CANNOT IMAGINE
PLIFE WITHOUT HER.
PJEAN: ADOPTION DAY BECAME A BIG
PDAY ON THE CALENDAR.
>> JULY 7 IS IMPORTANT.
PTHAT'S THE DAY WE ADOPTED HER.
PTHAT WILL ALWAYS BE A SPECIAL
PDAY FOR US.
PWE WANT TO DO SOMETHING EVERYDAY
PFOR THAT YEAR BECAUSE IT IS
PSPECIAL, ABSOLUTELY.
PVERY IMPORTANT TO US.
PJEAN: AND THEIR FIRST CHRISTMAS
PTOGETHER WAS A PRICELESS GIFT.
P>> IT'S ETCHED IN MY MIND RIGHT
PNOW.
PI'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE OF
PTHOSE THINGS, THIS UPCOMING
PCHRISTMAS, ALL THE FUTURE YEARS
PTHAT WE ARE ON THIS EARTH, I
PLOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE LOOK
PON HER FACE.
P>> WE MAKE COOKIES, WE CUT OUR
PCHRISTMAS TREE DOWN TOGETHER AS
PA FAMILY.
PALL OF THAT WAS REALLY NICE TO
PBE ABLE TO START WITH OUR FAMILY
PTRADITIONS.
PI LOOK FORWARD TO THAT IN FUTURE
PYEARS FOR SURE.
P>> I LOVE SEEING RELATIVES, SO
PTHAT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN.
P♪
PJEAN JADE HAS COME SO FAR ON
PHER JOURNEY FROM THE DAY SHE
PSHARED A DREAM THAT HER MOM AND
PDAD ALSO HAD, AND TOGETHER, THEY
PMADE A HOME AT LAST.
P>> THERE IS ONE OUT THERE FOR
PEVERYONE.
PHONESTLY, I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD
PFIND A HOME AS QUICK AS I DID,
POR IN GENERAL.
PTHEY LOVE ME A LOT, WHICH IS
PREALLY FANTASTIC.
>> WE DO LOVE YOU VERY MUCH.